3. Data Is Plural, Fun With Figures

BuzzFeed News’s data editor rounds up several interesting and timely new data sets each Wednesday, such as NASA’s 5,000-year cache of solar-eclipse info and the subject and location of the tattoos of Florida’s prisoners.

4. No Mercy/No Malice, The Digital Economy In The Shadow Of Big Tech

Branding in the age of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google isn’t easy, but Scott Galloway, an NYU business school marketing professor and consultant, shares unvarnished opinions about how companies can succeed around them.

7. A Woman To Know, Pioneer Women

Julia Carpenter, a staff writer at CNNMoney, pens a short but potent daily paean to a notable woman in history whose story resonates today; recent profiles include transgender hero Octavia St. Laurent and the first Native American to earn a medical degree.

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Bonus features: Well-researched links to books and articles about her subjects.

8. Chefs+Tech, Digital’s Influence On Dining

What changes when fine restaurants are competing with pizza joints for delivery dollars? What’s the latest way foodies are leveraging Instagram? This twice-weekly newsletter digs into compelling questions in food-business innovation.